Recumbent Wheels

Posted on 07/31/2018 by Matty

This customer is going from rim to disc brake on his recumbent. 26″ disc brake rear wheels were easy for him to source. 16″ fronts, especially one with a Dynamo front not so much. Elephant Bikes took care of the welding on disc brake tabs part and I built the front wheels.

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Spokane Midnight Century

Posted on 07/15/2018 by Matty

The Midnight Century is a Spokane, WA ride coming up the first weekend in August. Find the Cue sheet here. It’s a great ride to use a wheel built with a Dynamo hub. Dynamo hubs are great for producing power to run lights or anything with a USB plug. All that being said I’m offering 10% off Dynamo wheels for midnight century riders. It’s a dynamo deal.

I hand build wheels with both Shutter Precision and Schmidt Dynamo hubs.

Both come colors and all the different hub configurations (QR, fat bike, disc/rim brake…)

 

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Stan’s No Tubes Baron

Posted on 06/18/2018 by Matty

Stan’s latest, the Baron MK3 rims all built up and ready to go play! These were built with Boost spaced DT Swiss 350 hubs with an XD driver, and DT Swiss butted spokes. I did a work trade with the auto mechanic. The cost, a new clutch in my Vdub.

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Coast To Coast

Posted on 06/05/2018 by Matty

I have three customers traveling coast to coast across the US right now using wheels I built for them with dymano hubs. These power generating hubs are used for their lights and USB charging purposes. Ironically it looks like they will be traveling through WY together but separately over the next couple days.

Hank and Kathy will be touring the country by bike for the next year and a half. Their wheels are built to withstand the heavy loads of touring. You can follow their adventures here https://hankandkathygreer.com/.

Jason is on a different kind of adventure. He’s doing Trans Am. This is a solo, unsupported race across the country. Cause he wants to be light and fast I built his wheel using a Zipp 404 rim and bladed spokes. You can follow his progress here https://transambikerace.com/.

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B.Y.O.Parts

Posted on 05/27/2018 by Matty

Some folks like to do their own shopping online. This is the evolution of retail. I do sell spokes and nipples individually not by the box. I also have a spoke cutter and can make any length needed. With my tools and skills I’m here to provide a service after you get parts. Contact me with your internet purchased rims and hubs for the same great hand built wheels.

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Light Bike Carbon Rims

Posted on 04/24/2018 by Matty

Light Bike Fat White!

Yes, I build with carbon rims. These were custom painted from Light Bicycle. Given the width of fat bike rims, (these are 80mm) carbon saves lots of weight. This customer is also going tubeless to save even more. The Rohloff hub turns a Gates belt drive. If that’s not enough it’s a wooden framed bike with a Lauf fork. Bling!

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Spokane Bike Swap

Posted on 04/13/2018 by Matty

Tomorrow I’ll be at the Spokane Bike Swap. I’ll have some special prices on rims and hubs for the swap. Order some new wheels or come by to get some great prices on parts.

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Booooost Spacing Explained

Posted on 04/07/2018 by Matty

I’ve recently had some boost spacing questions so I thought I’d comment here on it.

These are DT Swiss 350 12mm hubs in 135mm/142mm and 148mm(Boost). Notice the disc rotor is in the same place (.3mm) but the right side spoke flange is farther outboard (+3mm). As mountain bikes have evolved, manufacturers have added gears to the right side of the rear hub, and a rotor to the left side, and then still more gears on the right. All this was added to the same 135mm rear wheel spacing by moving the spoke flanges farther inboard.

The profile of a wheel is a triangle. Two sides are made up of the left and right side spokes. The third side, or base of the triangle, is the distance between the spoke flanges on the hub. Given the evolutionary parts changes the base of the triangle has gotten smaller and the wheel less stable. Also, wheel sizes went from 26” to 29er, making the triangle taller and even less stable.

Hub spacing did change from 135mm to 142mm before boost, but manufacturers chose to use the the same hubshell with wider spacers. This made the hub wider but didn’t change the distance between the flanges. With boost spacing manufactures are actually moving spoke flanges farther apart. This makes the base of the triangle wider and the wheel more stable.

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Lightweight Road Rims

Posted on 03/07/2018 by Matty

Lighter wheels are faster. Shedding weight at the rim is really what matters though. Stan’s Alpha 340 road rims do a great job of this at <400g. Run them with tubeless road tires and you’ll feel the full effect. There has been some concern about their durability and road tubeless in general. Because these are a lightweight rim they aren’t for everyone. This means no Clydesdales. Using an appropriate nof spokes always helps life expectancy. Road tubeless is for real. The problem is, unlike mountain wheels, you need both a specific tubeless rim and tire. I’ve got these great lightweight rims in stock waiting to be built up for your order. Buying some speed is going to cost you a bit less too. $65 each while they last.

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Top Notch Touring Wheelset

Posted on 02/15/2018 by Matty

Stunning!

Hand built Velocity Blunt SS rims with Son dynamo front hub and a White Ind XMR rear hub. Built with DT Swiss spokes and brass nipples.

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